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Descent into Spam Hell

Opened the forum this morning, clicked on "New Posts" and got about 20 entries. All of them were spam.

Doesn't VBulletin provide any anti-spam measures? If so then could we please have them implemented.

If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.

I was thinking of more ways we could try to stop the spam on the forum. A few ideas:

asking the admins to add the word "cheap" to the bad/swear words list. I suppose too many of us like a bargain

asking the admins to add "kitchens" to the bad/swear words list. That might work?

calling any mentioned vendors and nicely asking them to refrain from spamming the forum

writing a threatening letter to any mentioned vendors and asking them to desist with suitable threat of punishment (maybe by sword)

making friends with someone in Anonymous and ask them nicely to take out any cheap online kitchen vendors.

Well, maybe that won't work. I assume the vast majority of first-time posts must be spam related. Can the forum be configured to require vetting by admins of all first posts?

Does anybody see a way out of Spam Hell?

Or maybe I'm wrong and we should really be looking at this as an opportunity. The Fencing Forum is now well established as the preferred destination to find rubbish kitchen vendors on the Internet. Can we perhaps make advertising revenue from this phenomenon and plough the money back into the sport?